Re: /etc/hosts completely ignored

From: Fred Souza (fred_at_storming.org)
Date: 05/28/03

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    Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:08:04 -0300
To: Roberto Nunnari <nunnari@die.supsi.ch>

    [snip]

    > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/hosts
    > 127.0.0.1 localhost.noonlights.net localhost
    > 192.168.1.5 jupiter.noonlights.net jupiter
    > 192.168.1.5 jupiter.noonlights.net.
    > 193.5.56.6 www.freebsd.org myfreebsd

    [snip]
    > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
    > hosts: files dns
    >
    >
    > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/host.conf
    > hosts
    > bind
    >
    >
    > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/resolv.conf
    > domain noonlights.net
    > nameserver 195.190.166.166
    > nameserver 195.190.166.167
    >
    > -bash-2.05b# host localhost
    > Host not found.
    >
    > -bash-2.05b# host localhost.noonlights.net
    > Host not found.

      I think it's host-related. I have a similar setup muself, although I'm
      currently running 5.1-BETA (sources as of around midnight 28/05/03
      GMT-3). If I try `host localhost`, I get Host not found, too. But if I
      try `host localhost.`, it finds that host fine. Have you tried `host
      localhost.noonlights.net.` or even `host localhost.`? I think it might
      be because host forces the inclusion of its domainname at the end of
      the argument if it's not dot-ended.

      The rest of the output you pasted suggests that I'm right about this,
      and thus it _is_ a host's fault. I agree that we should fix our base
      code, but I support the idea of reporting that to ISC, so they can
      merge the changes to their codebase instead.

      Fred 

    -- 
"idiot box, n:
        The part of the envelope that tells a person where to place
        the stamp when they can't quite figure it out for themselves."
		-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends

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